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Is chrome\browser required in Laserfiche servers?

Laserfiche Administration

Updated June 3, 2021

asked on May 30, 2021

Hi All

Our security team is advising to remove all the browsers from the server hosting Laserfiche, Workflow, forms, and Federated Search.

As part Laserfiche 11, Chromium get installed and Chrome is part of Pre-Requisite of Federated Search.

Shall we uninstall the browsers in the servers? What would be the impact in the Laserfiche components if removed?

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replied on May 30, 2021

Chromium is also required in Laserfiche Forms, responsible for generating snapshots of submitted forms in Save to Repository task and Email Service task attachments.

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replied on May 31, 2021

Thank you for the reply Que!

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replied on June 1, 2021

Oh I was wondering why there was suddenly a new browser called Chromium on all of our servers recently. Is this replacing w2khtml?

Chromium sounds like a condition that develops from using Chrome too much.

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replied on June 2, 2021

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Yes, it is to replace w2kthml.

Chromium is the open-source browser which Google Chrome and new Edge developed based on. Forms use it so that we can get the screenshot the same as what user sees from their browser.

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replied on June 2, 2021

Oh that means colors and other dynamic changes, made with javascript, in the browser might stick now. Will check it out, thanks!

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replied on June 3, 2021

Yep! The rendering engine produces much cleaner results.

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replied on May 30, 2021

Hi Kirubaa,

About Federated Search, without Chrome/Chromium, web site/pages search won't be supported. The Web Provider settings on Federated Search Admin page won't work properly.

Also, if you have Audit Trail 11 installed, the chart view in the report page won't work without Chromium.

Regards,

Leon

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replied on May 31, 2021

Thank you for the reply Leon!

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